I have to move my car : Tales of unpersuasive advocates and injudicious judges
Pannick David
I have to move my car : Tales of unpersuasive advocates and injudicious judges
- New Delhi Satyam Books 2009
- 299p x
Contents: Introduction 1; Part I: Judges 7; 1 May it please the Court 9; 2 The number five psychic in the country 12; 3 Stay loose, as a goose 15; 4 You want a piece of me? 18; 5 When a judge tries to sue the pants off a defendant 21; 6 If the cap fits 24; 7 The high court 27; 8 Sweet dreams 30; 9 What plays in the Las Vegas courts cannot stay in Las Vegas 33; 10 Real chilli-hot stuff 36; 11 The Ten Commandments judge 39; 12 A good cry 42; 13 The judge's spouse 45; 14 'I have had enough' 48; 15 A retiring judge 51; 16 Cell phone 54; 17 The copycat judge 57; 18 Bedside manner 60; 19 The judge obsessed with sex and death 63; 20 Wild Bill 66; 21 Never entirely English 69; 22 Levin v Goddard 72; 23 Bum point 75; 24 Laughter in court can end in tears 77; Part II: Lawyers 81; 25 The go-to guy 83; 26 No laughing matter 86; 27 'A Holocaust survivor sent me a book on coping' 89; 28 Welcoming a new DPP 92; 29 Solicitors who make an exhibition of themselves 95; 30 Prosecutors must not strike foul blows 98; 31 Disasters of advocacy 101; 32 A moving experience 104; 33 Academic detours with Roy Stuart 107; 34 Dozy counsel 110; 35 Drunk in charge of a brief 113; 36 Lawyers: don't you just love them? 116; 37 Barristers bearing gifts 121; 38 Mediocre lawyers 124; 39 The trials of HLA Hart 127; 40 The devil of a job 130; 41 A loud clear voice and a good degree in ancient and modern history 134; 42 Peter Duffy QC: an instinct for fairness 137; 43 Promoting free trade in barristers 140; 44 Honest Abe the lawyer 143; Part III: Legal entertainment 147; 45 'The parties are advised to chill' 149; 46 Poetic justice 154; 47 'Shizzle my nizzle' 157; 48 Razzle Dazzle 160; 49 Cartoon characters 163; 50 R v Deirdre Anne Rachid 166; 51 Searching my soul 169; 52 'I'm gonna look after you' 172; 53 What's your problem? 175; 54 The jibber-jabber of counsel appearing before nancy-pansy judges 178; 55 So whatyougonnado? 181; 56 Leaving room for the possibility 184; 57 Watching Ali fight in the courtroom 187; 58 Killing in cold blood190; 59 A comedy of legal errors that ended in tragedy193; 60 Careless people 196; 61 You be the judge 199; 62 All the legal news that's fit to reprint 202 Part IV: Unusual litigation 205; 63 California dreaming 207; 64 The pursuit of happiness 210; 65 Not the ghost of a chance 213; 66 Ruff justice 216; 67 Parrot squawks before the beak219; 68 A Valentine's card that says 'Let's be having you' 223; 69 Sticks and stones 226; 70 FedEx sex in prison 229; 71 A modern master on suffering 232; 72 Being treated like royalty 235; 73 Allowing restaurant critics to tuck in and give readers food for thought 238; 74 Whip and tell is no basis for an employment policy 241; 75 Reporting the law 244; 76 Ensuring that justice is seen to be done 247; Notes 251; Index 287.